News Universities Pool Resources, Spotlight Research “The heart of a thriving company-formation effort begins with university research,” said James Tyree, president of Abbott Biotech Ventures and keynote speaker at the Chicago Innovation Spotlight on May 18,...
News One-stop Browsing for Chicago Area Innovation Bigger is better — at least when it comes to disseminating information about innovative research. So is broader and more selective. The new Chicago Innovation Pipeline website, a multi-institution collaboration spearheaded by...
News Coming Clean in Chicago The energy was palpable: Solar, wind and battery. Ideas, vigor and power. Sponsored by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth, the new Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust and Arete, the fourth annual Midwest Energy...
News Innovation Science Takes Hold Innovation was once thought of as an exercise in creativity. Tinkerers looked for a better mousetrap. Inventors hoped for lightning to strike. Scientists put their heads down and dug deep...
News Never a Good Time? Just Do It! This is the worst climate to launch a startup or secure funding in the biological sciences. It’s also the toughest time to find a job in the field. “I’ve heard...
News Donofrio Speaks at Innovation Workshop Technology, invention, creativity and discovery. These forces are not enough to launch a successful product or service, create a company, or change the world. The key ingredient is innovation, the...
News Industry Experts Give Biomarker Researchers a ‘Reality Check’ Eileen Dolan, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chair of Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics at the University of Chicago, says she learned a lot at the Translation Event covering...
News Artistic Creativity Meets Technical Innovation During a routine business meeting in September at UChicagoTech’s new offices, Linda Darragh, Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth...
News Translating Research into Products UChicagoTech, the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual Property, recently conducted its second in a series of Translation Events that bring industry experts to campus to advise faculty...
News Discovery Matters Alan Thomas, Director, UChicagoTech, Ellen Rudnick, Executive Director and Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center, Keith Moffat, Deputy Provost for Research, Donald Levy, Vice President for Research and...
News Record $1.6 Million Awarded in the 25th Anniversary Finals of Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge; First-Place Winner Andes STR Lands More Than $660,000 The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University if Chicago has announced a record-breaking investment of $1.6 million in the winners of the 2021 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New...
News Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Investment Pool Swells to $1.73 Million After Additional Funding Rolls In; First-Place Winner Andes STR Gets $681,000 The record investment pool in the 25th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) jumped to $1.73 million this week after investors put additional money into the finalist...
